The election of the United States’ first female vice president, the historic number of Republican women elected to Congress this year, and the all-women-of-color New Mexico House Delegation signals an unprecedented opportunity for women to lead from their seats at the national security decision-making table and throughout the ranks of government, writes the Leadership Council for Women in National Security.

Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor who recently passed away at age 95, became a founding member of the Pacific Council on International Policy from the very start in 1995, writes Abraham Lowenthal.

We must apply all the good work we have done about promoting equality and justice abroad, right here at home, especially when it comes to women’s rights, write C. Steven McGann and Sahana Dharmapuri.

Addressing domestic issues such as those raised by the Black Lives Matter movement is not only crucial for people seeking justice, but are quintessential for enhancing the country’s international legitimacy, credibility, and power, writes Sohaela Amiri

As the Covid-19 pandemic becomes increasingly deadly, it is clear that its disproportionate effect on African Americans has highlighted yet another consequence of institutionalized racism in America. Less attention has been paid as to why the same historical discrimination is a broader national security problem subsuming not only public health but other considerations as well, write Jerrold Green and Michael Lawson.